GBDW – Color in the Garden Wrap-Up

Even though February was a short month, we managed to squeeze in a whole lot of posts on color! I think I’ve included everyone who left links here, and I found a few more of you in my travels around the garden-blogging community, but I’m sure I’ve missed some other great offerings. If you have any color-related posts that you’d like to have listed here, please leave a link below, and I’ll add it to the main list. Now, on to the summary, starting with…

Let’s Hear It for Color Echoes (Steve at Gardening Gone Wild): If your plant combinations seem to lack a certain something, echoing’s an easy way to increase your odds of success.

Color – Flying Solo (Fran at Gardening Gone Wild): You don’t need to go all out to create eye-catching color effects; sometimes, less is more.

Color Palette – Should It Change Every Year? (Greg at Utah Valley Gardens): If you plan your gardens with specific color themes, do you find they get boring after a few years, or do you enjoy the dependability of your design? Let Greg know what you think!

Hue – And Cry! (Chookie at Chookie’s Back Yard): Having trouble figuring out how to put color theory into gardening practice? You’re not the only one; come commiserate with Chookie.

Color in the Garden (Phillip at Dirt Therapy): Phillip shares some of his thoughts on using color in the garden, along with photos of some of his favorite combinations.

Someone Said Color? (Jim at Art of Gardening): Jim’s musings on how he uses color in his garden, with a great series of photos showing different color effects in his front yard.

Colour in the Garden – Be Bold! (Jodi at Bloomingwriter): Jodi makes a good case for being adventurous with color in borders and containers, and she shares some of her favorite books and combinations, too.

Color Blasts and Bursts (Shirl at Shirl’s Gardenwatch): Looking for ways to add color to your garden besides foliage and flowers? Shirl’s post is packed with a bounty of exciting ideas.

Colors of Springs Past 2003 (Dave at The Home Garden): Desperate for spring to arrive? Get a preview of the glory with Dave’s look back at some early-blooming beauties.

Blue in the Garden (Frances at Faire Garden): Three posts showing a gallery of France’s favorite blue flowers and accents: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

The Blues (Shirl at Shirl’s Gardenwatch): A gallery of beautiful blues from Shirl’s garden, with her suggestions on how to make the most of the blues in your own garden. And if that’s not enough blue for you, check out her Meconopsis Magic. (I’m still not sure if that counts as sharing or taunting, Shirl!)

Blue Poppies – Love Them or Love Them? (Jodi at Bloomingwriter): Oh, yes, more meconopsis, just in case those of us who love blue but can’t grow them want to wallow in more self-pity enjoy more of their amazing color.

Colour in the Garden (Green Thumb at India Garden): A gallery of predominantly purple blooms, fruits, and leaves in Green Thumb’s garden.

Color in the Garden – GBDW (Frances at Faire Garden): A sumptuous offering of France’s favorite black berries, blooms, leaves, and ornaments in four posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

Nan gardens on 4 acres in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In the firm belief that every garden ought to have a pretentious-sounding (or at least pretentious-looking) name, she refers to her home grounds as "Hayefield." There, she experiments with a wide variety of plants and planting styles, from cottage gardens and color-based borders to managed meadows, naturalistic plantings, and veggies--all under the watchful eyes of her two pet alpacas, Daniel and Duncan.

This was the most wonderful topic, everyone seemed to find an aspect of their own garden to relate to the theme. Maybe a yearly ritual for the uncolorful month of February?

Frances at Faire Garden

Great idea, Frances! It’s a plan.

I wonder if there’d be interest in my setting up the schedule of topics now for the next six months or so? If there is, I’d be glad to do that. And if there are design topics any of you are especially interested in, leave a note here and I’ll try to work them in!
-Nan

Lisa at GreenbowFebruary 29, 2008, 4:07 pm

Color was great success. So many directions and choices. Great fun and so informative.

I meant to do a post on brown too, but I didn’t make it in time for February, mostly because I’ve been putting some thought into it and had to set it aside for ‘real’ work (the kind that pays the bills so I can buy more plants.
I think it would be a lovely thing to set up some design topics for a few months, if it’s not too much work, Nan. We’re sure having a lot of fun with these! So glad you all are acting as cheerleaders for the discussion as well as teaching us more about designing interests.

Whenever you get around to posting about brown, Jodi, just leave a link here and we’ll add it to the list.

And yes, we’ll go ahead and work out the GBDW topics for the rest of this year. Look for an announcement in the next two weeks!
-Nan

Of course I’ll add it, Dee! I’m sorry I missed it the first time. For some reason, your blog won’t let me leave a comment there, so I’ll say here that I think you’re more successful than you’re giving yourself credit for. Your shade garden combination with the chartreuse and the hostas, plus the touch of blue, is especially lovely.
-Nan